The 10 best health supplements to buy now

Six out of 10 women now take some kind of supplement. But which are the ones the wellness crowd swear by?

Phoebe McDowell

FLORENT TANET

The Sunday Times, September 16 2018, 12:01am

How many pills do you palm in a morning? Or perhaps you munch kimchi or neck kombucha? We’re a nation obsessed with wellness — the market-research firm Mintel reports that 62% of UK women take some form of supplement, and they now outsell skin serums on Net-a-porter. “People are so much more aware,” says Dr Nigma Talib, a naturopathic doctor who counts Sienna Miller and Jamie Dornan as clients. “They’re no longer willing to accept mediocre wellness, and in some cases the answers just don’t exist in conventional medicine.” The water is murky, though. Research by ConsumerLab in 2017 found a worrying 46% of multivitamins don’t do what they claim, and 80% of chewable supplements failed its tests completely.

So how to find one that…

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